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selling my astra
I want to sell my astra privately to achieve the best price I can. After problems with auto trader (someone phoning us everyday last time) I don't,wish t go down autotrader route as anyone any other advice to where t list. The car is a 07 astra Sri cdti 150 xp. Full leather We are hoping for 6800. What do you think. Sorry…
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Best place to advertise Big Petrol Volvo
Hi all, looking for advice or some of your experiences regarding selling your car. Decided to sell my Volvo S60 2.4T SE petrol and finding it really difficult. Having done my research on autotrader and using a few websites, I believe my car is reasonably priced (dropped it by £500 in last fortnight). Nothing in similar…
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Car accident, is this right?
Hi all, My car met another car this afternoon. Spoke to insurance who say it's half liability (split between drivers) but wanted to check. I was going onto a roundabout on left hand lane (6o'clock), thinking my exit was the second one (about 10o'clock). But as I went past the first exit (8o'clock) I realised I made a…
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Autotrader is being an !!!!!!......
Anyone else having problems with autotrader site? I been trying to upload cars all day on Dealer Edit and getting no where!
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National Express refusing to sell me off-peak Easter rail tickets!
Am I right in thinking that rail companies are obliged to sell off-peak rail tickets on Bank Holidays? The National Express website will only sell me standard tickets, please see emails below. MY EMAIL TO NATIONAL EXPRESS I have tried many times to book tickets from Manningtree to Shanklin for my Easter break (out 22nd…
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Speeding question
Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. I was on a duel carriageway a few days ago for the first time since passing my test. I was a little nervous and while making sure if it was ok to change lanes i had slowly creeped up to 80mph without realising, i quickly dropped back down to 70 and carried on. The problem…
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Raffle your vehicle - Is it illegal?
Just wondering, as I assume that it is actually illegal, but what are the procedures on organising a raffle where the prize is your vehicle? I've had a look online, and seen stories about this, and, while most are non-profitable organisations, some weren't and were, apparently, legitimate. Some sites stated that in certain…
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Reliable garage for MOT and full servicing.. LEAMINGTON/RUGBY
Hi all, Just wondered if anyone could recommend a trustworthy garage in the LEAMINGTON or RUBGY areas. Im due for an MOT and I also want a full service done to the car. Many thanks
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New (ish) car dilema
I am looking for a bit of advice on changing my car. I have a '51 plate petrol Vauxhall Zafira ( which I have had for 6 years )which I love, but is realistically too big and too expensive to run. Costs are approx 30 mpg, Tax £245 per year and insurance group 13. I am looking to downsize to something much more economical…
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Can any motor insurance specialists help pls?
Hi all, I'm wondering if there's anyone within the car insurance/broker industry that may be able to help with a little problem... A wall (that belonged to the next door business), fell on my wife's car when it was in for servicing and the owner of the wall is willing to part pay the repair bill. Naturally, I want him to…
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Would it matter? "EU" or "GB? Plate? - Can I Use A Yellow Front Plate?
I was wondering, is it legal if I got a new front number plate, but that said "EU" on it instead of "GB?" Also, is there any law on the colour of the front/back number plate? By default it's White/Yellow, but can I have it yellow for the front too? I'm only asking because I saw my car but with an EU plate and it definitely…
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Very high fuel consumption - tuning advice?
My daughter's just acquired a 'new' car which is apparently ok on all fronts apart from fuel consumption. It's a Hyundai Accent, whatever that is. I know nothing about what goes on under the bonnet. Can she get this looked at in some way?
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Morrisons 6p off per litre for £40 in-store spend
Hi folks, Just got an email from Morrisons saying they are starting a new offer: Spend £40 in one transaction in store between 18th April and 1st of May, and get a voucher for 6p off per litre of fuel to use until 8th May. Lower spend threshold and higher reward than the long-running (albeit intermittent) Tesco deal, but…
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Momentum Warranties - troublesome claim
I bought my car on 3rd November 2010 with a third party 3 month warranty provided by Momentum Warranties (and underwritten by Fortis). The turbo blew (bearing failure) on the M6 Toll early evening on 31st Jan. RAC arrived after 2 hours, and reported likely bearing failure at the scene, I stupidly hadn't paid the extra for…
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Skoda or Touran?
Hi All I want to buy a 1 or 2 year old car for Taxi purposes. I have see a Skoda 1.6 diesel and a Touran Blumotion diesel for roughly the same price, Skoda is about 1 year old and has done 15k mileage and Touran is about 18 months old and has done 25k mileage. The 7 seater does occasionally get more work as a cabbie,…
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Cost of first full driving liscence
I'm about to finally get my full driving liscence...just wondering if it's costs anything to exchange my provisional for a full liscence?? I don't need to change any detaills...I would like to change the photo but don't have to...would it cost more if I did? Thanks!
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Any thoughts on the 'Call Hyundai First' accident aftercare service?
I got a brochure today advertising this service from Hyundai, where you call them when you have an accident and they contact your insurance company etc. and do good things like ensure that your car is repaired in a Hyundai approved garage. www.callhyundaifirst.co.uk Does anybody have any experience with this or thoughts on…
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car tax and part exchange
Hi, I am trading in my old car in part exchange for a newer model. We have just paid £245 for car tax on our car in february. Are we entitled to keep the car tax disc and get the money back on it or will the garage expect to have this? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Car gearbox repair
Hi I'm looking for some advice for my dad - hope this is the right board. Basically, he has a 3.5 year old Meriva that he got 2nd hand from Vauxhall dealer about 18 months ago. 24000 miles on the clock, automatic gearbox. Recently it started making noises etc so he took it back to the dealer to look at it, they plugged it…
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Winter tyres
I just swopped the wheels back to the wheels with the summer tyres. 3 hours. The two front ones had seized to the hubs, they're hubcentric, and for the first time ever for me with steel wheels they had rusted up. Lump hammer on the inside of the wheel, driving up and down the street from side to side of the road with the…